The past few months have been stretching me physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Sometimes I feel like elastic man. In January while in Kenya I came down with typhoid. In February while in Uganda I came down with malaria. In March on the way to Tanzania I got food poisoning. So I can definitely say I’ve been stretched physically… and I’m not including the fact the we did not have running water (only bucket showers outside), no electricity (no fans or air conditioning so that means going to sleep sweating every night), no gas
stove (only a wood charcoal grill in the garage), and no bathroom (only
outhouse with two squatty potties).
stove (only a wood charcoal grill in the garage), and no bathroom (only
outhouse with two squatty potties).
What I’ve learned is to be thankful for everything and not take things for granted because the majority of the world lives this way. 
Most people go to bed hungry and do not have adequate housing. I have a roof over my head. At least I have a mosquito net (or tent) and access to malaria drugs (more people die of malaria each year than anything else in this region). I’m going through this for a few months, but the people here live this way everyday in far worse conditions. Instead of relying on the comforts of money, these people rely on each other and more importantly on God for their strength. You’d never know the struggles they are facing because the people in Africa are joyful, their worship is beautiful, and their smiles can light up a room.
Most people go to bed hungry and do not have adequate housing. I have a roof over my head. At least I have a mosquito net (or tent) and access to malaria drugs (more people die of malaria each year than anything else in this region). I’m going through this for a few months, but the people here live this way everyday in far worse conditions. Instead of relying on the comforts of money, these people rely on each other and more importantly on God for their strength. You’d never know the struggles they are facing because the people in Africa are joyful, their worship is beautiful, and their smiles can light up a room. In Africa we have also been stretched doing door-to-door evangelism, teaching in schools, service projects, construction, preaching in churches and
in the streets (open air forums), visiting hospitals, visiting prisons, and talking to people in the streets. In Uganda our days would typically start at 9:30am and end at 8:30pm. It was exhausting, rewarding, challenging, but most of all we saw the kingdom move in huge ways. We witnessed demons being cast out of people, the blind seeing, the lame walking, and many giving their lives to Christ. All of us have been stretched here in Africa in ways we never imagined and in the process we were grown. God is good!
in the streets (open air forums), visiting hospitals, visiting prisons, and talking to people in the streets. In Uganda our days would typically start at 9:30am and end at 8:30pm. It was exhausting, rewarding, challenging, but most of all we saw the kingdom move in huge ways. We witnessed demons being cast out of people, the blind seeing, the lame walking, and many giving their lives to Christ. All of us have been stretched here in Africa in ways we never imagined and in the process we were grown. God is good!
